Africa: As We Mark UN At 75, We Must Work Together to Realize the Opportunities in African Unity

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Africa: As We Mark UN At 75, We Must Work Together to Realize the Opportunities in African Unity

[Africa Renewal] Ms. Fatima Kyari Mohammed is the Permanent Observer and Head of Mission of the African Union to the United Nations

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Today is World Environment Day

Writing in the Ghana Daily Mail, Mr Prosper Kwame Antwi – a prominent conservationist and biodiversity expert, calls on governments and people of the world in general, and Ghana in particular, to harness and utilise natural resources in a sustainable manner that puts the environment at the heart of

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Safaricom retains top position as the most valuable firm in the

Kenya’s listed telco Safaricom topped the region as the largest company by market capitalisation and net earnings yet again this year, even as the Covid-19 pandemic hit listed firms, wiping out shareholder earnings and pushing away foreign

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Africa: Pandemic Adds to String of Disasters That Render Africa Perpetually Hungry

Recurrent floods since late 2019, an upsurge in locust invasion, and now the Covid-19 outbreak, all make for disaster for food security in East African countries, experts are

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Kenya, Djibouti split regional votes for non-permanent UNSC seat

Kenya and Djibouti will later today know which of them will take Africa’s non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security

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Liberia: IMF Executive Board Approves a U.S.$50 Million Disbursement to Liberia to Address the COVID-19 Pandemic

The pandemic opens a balance of payment need of US$150 million (5.1 percent of GDP) in 2020, which largely arises from a domestic revenue shortfall projected at US$119

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Anti-government demonstrations gripped several countries in the Middle East in early 2011, and protests in Libya followed those in Egypt, Tunisia, and Bahrain. The crackdown by the government in Libya, however, was the most vicious. The protesters took to the streets on Feb. 16 in Benghazi, the

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Nigeria: Lagos Slashes 2020 Budget By 21% to N920.5 Billion

Following the economic damage caused by the COVID-19, Lagos State Executive Council yesterday disclosed plan to revise the state's 2020 budget by 21 per cent, from the N1.168 billion hitherto approved by the State House Assembly to

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Nigeria: Buhari Has Performed Creditably, Says Presidency

Abuja — The presidency thursday gave the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari a positive rating, five years after it came into

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Malawi: Africa Must Not Fail Malawi Again - Olusegun Obasanjo

The African Union election observer mission reported that "the elections took place in a peaceful, transparent and orderly manner, and thus met national, regional, continental and international standards for democratic

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Nigeria: 80 Million Africans Risk Extreme Poverty, Obasanjo Warns

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and ex-Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Desalegn Boshe, have warned that 80 million Africans risk extreme poverty if the COVID-19 response is not focused on food security, agribusiness and rural

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Four countries risk famine, UN warns | Africanews

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that there is a risk of famine and widespread food insecurity in four countries affected by conflict — Congo, Yemen, northeast Nigeria, and South

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CWI finances in ICU Skerritt | New York Carib News

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC): The financial health of Cricket West Indies (CWI) has been described by its president, Ricky Skerritt, as being in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) because of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has prevented competition in the

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Africa: Why Is Women's Leadership Not in the Headlines?

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Kenya: World Bank Lends Kenya $43m for Locusts Fight

The World Bank on Thursday approved a $43 (Ksh4.5 billion) loan to Kenya to help in combating locust swarms that are destroying crops in Eastern

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Let's Talk Religion: Worship’s ‘new normal’ - WS Chronicle

Let's Talk Religion: Worship’s ‘new normal’ The post Let's Talk Religion: Worship’s ‘new normal’ appeared first on WS Chronicle.

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Central Africa: Amidst COVID-19 Challenges, UN 'Remains Operational' Across Central Africa

The coronavirus pandemic has compounded increasing economic, social and humanitarian challenges facing States and regional institutions across Central Africa, the regional UN envoy told the Security Council on

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Uganda: World Bank Approves Shs181b Loan to Fight Locusts in Uganda

The World Bank Group has announced that it has approved a USD 48 million (about Shs181 billion) to help Uganda fight the desert locusts

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Africa: Kenya Counting On AU Support to Clinch Security Council Seat

Kenya is banking on repeated endorsements by the African Union and Nairobi's own networks to clinch a seat at the UN Security Council when a vote comes up this

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Kenya eyes new investors in Galana after Israeli firm row

Kenya eyes new investors in Galana after Israeli firm row

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Covid-19: WFP anticipates retrenchment of permanent workers in farming industry | News24

Women on Farms Project (WFP) co-director Carmen Louw says due to the Covid-19 pandemic, it is anticipating an increase in unemployment in the farming industry.

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Somalia: UN Security Council Extends Mandates of Missions in Somalia, Iraq, Darfur

The Security Council on Friday adopted resolutions to renew the mandates of peacekeeping or political missions in Somalia, Iraq and Sudan's Darfur, and to extend sanctions against South

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Rwanda: UN Prosecutor to Member States - Intensify Efforts to Locate, Arrest Genocide Fugitives

The Prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism) Serge Brammertz, has called for greater efforts to locate and arrest fugitives wanted for their role in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in

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Kenya wins UN Security Council seat

Kenya on Thursday evening won the Africa seat at the UN Security Council after garnering 129 votes against Djibouti's 62 votes in the second round of

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African Union: African Journalists Call for the Cessation of Hostilities Against Journalists to Ensure Safe Practice of Journalism in Africa

Dakar — The Pan-African journalists organisation, the Federation of African Journalists (FAJ), together with national journalists' unions and associations across the continent have today called on the African Union (AU) to make the immediate cessation of targeted hostilities against journalists

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Africa: Women Seek Bigger Roles in Peace Process

Participants in the 12th session of the Advisory Board for Women, Peace and Security in the Great Lakes region conducted via videoconference on May 12, said gender-based violence was on the rise at a time women are seeking protection and participation in upcoming electoral processes in the Great

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Polio and Measles Could Surge After Disruption of Vaccine Programs

Dr. Seth Berkley, chief executive of Gavi, said that developing countries had made big gains in immunizations against numerous diseases in recent

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